Two-states Brownian particle in a Harmonic Potential

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Auteurs principaux: Carollo, Giovanni Battista, Gonnella, Giuseppe, Moretti, Daniela, Suma, Antonio, Baldovin, Fulvio, Orlandini, Enzo
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author Carollo, Giovanni Battista
Gonnella, Giuseppe
Moretti, Daniela
Suma, Antonio
Baldovin, Fulvio
Orlandini, Enzo
author_facet Carollo, Giovanni Battista
Gonnella, Giuseppe
Moretti, Daniela
Suma, Antonio
Baldovin, Fulvio
Orlandini, Enzo
contents We study the behaviour of a Brownian particle in the overdamped regime in the presence of a harmonic potential, assuming its diffusion coefficient to randomly jump between two distinct values. In particular, we characterize the probability distribution of the particle position and provide detailed expressions for the mean square displacement and the kurtosis. We highlight non-Gaussian behaviour even within the long-term limit carried over with an excess of probability both in the central part and in the distribution's tails. Moreover, when one of the two diffusion coefficients assumes the value zero, we provide evidence that the probability distribution develops a cusp. Most of our results are analytical, and corroborated by numerical simulations.
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spellingShingle Two-states Brownian particle in a Harmonic Potential
Carollo, Giovanni Battista
Gonnella, Giuseppe
Moretti, Daniela
Suma, Antonio
Baldovin, Fulvio
Orlandini, Enzo
Statistical Mechanics
We study the behaviour of a Brownian particle in the overdamped regime in the presence of a harmonic potential, assuming its diffusion coefficient to randomly jump between two distinct values. In particular, we characterize the probability distribution of the particle position and provide detailed expressions for the mean square displacement and the kurtosis. We highlight non-Gaussian behaviour even within the long-term limit carried over with an excess of probability both in the central part and in the distribution's tails. Moreover, when one of the two diffusion coefficients assumes the value zero, we provide evidence that the probability distribution develops a cusp. Most of our results are analytical, and corroborated by numerical simulations.
title Two-states Brownian particle in a Harmonic Potential
topic Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.13921